This is the Untold Italy travel podcast and you are listening to episode number 208.

Ciao at all and benvenuti to Untold Italy, the travel podcast where you go to the towns

and villages, mountains and lakes, hills and coastlines of Bella Italia.

Each week your host, Katie Clark, takes you on a journey in search of magical landscapes, history, culture, wine, gelato, and of course, a whole lot of pasta.

If you're dreaming of Italy and planning future adventures there,

you've come to the right place. Bonjourno, everyone. Today we're taking a trip back to magical Venice with my friend and, let's say,

conspirator, Monica Cesaretto. If you haven't met Monica yet, do go back to previous episodes

about Venice I recorded with her number 35 and number 185 to catch up. In those episodes,

we hear about Venetian secrets and her favourite topic,

Chiquetti, those little Venetian bites served with drinks that are the backbone of the city's

food culture. They're lots of fun. Monica is somewhat of a local celebrity, having shown

movie stars and whatnot around Venice, I certainly felt like I was getting some extra special

treatment when I

spent the day with her last year. And the reason for that is that Monica is an absolute champion

of her city. She is there making sure everyone who will listen, and even those who don't,

takes note of all that is marvellous about Venice, from its art and history to its daily routines.

But today I've invited Monica onto the show to talk about the artisans of the city

who preserve longstanding cultural traditions that are part of the very fabric of Venice,

the beautiful and incomparable Lagoon City.

Ventonata, Monica.

Welcome back to the Untold Italy podcast.

Thank you so much.

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